Foreign News: He Insulted Algy!

John T. W. Newbold, sole Communist member of Parliament, was suspended
by a vote of 300 to 88.

It appears that the Communist spoke harshly of the chairman of a
committee, one Captain Edward Algernon Fitzroy, Conservative member
for Northamptonshire. Fitzroy then called upon Newbold to withdraw.
This angered the Laborites, who rebuked the Speaker for not having
allowed Newbold to apologize. The Speaker, while thinking that " the
gallant and noble member" (Fitzroy) had acted hastily, said he was
obliged to put the question to the House. This was done, and the House...